[Event "MANHATTAN CC Int"] [Site "New York City"] [Date "1998.10.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Palatnik, Sam"] [Black "Robovic, Saudin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "2544"] [BlackElo "2427"] [Annotator "Fritz 11 (57s)"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] {A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 {last book move} Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 Qd8 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xa5} Bc7 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 {Black's piece can't move: c8} e5 {Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} 14. Qh4 d6 {Consolidates c5} 15. Rfd1 Qe7 {Black intends e4} 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Bf3 e4 (17... a6 18. Rac1 $16) 18. Be2 $16 d5 19. cxd5 Be5 20. d6 Qe6 21. Na4 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Bd7 23. Nc4 Rac8 24. Rd4 Bb5 25. d7 (25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Bd7 $16) 25... Nxd7 $14 26. Bg4 {White threatens to win material: Bg4xe6} f5 { Black threatens to win material: f5xg4} 27. Nd6 fxg4 28. Nxb5 Rc6 29. Rad1 Nf6 30. Nxa7 Rc2 31. Nb5 Rf8 32. Nd6 b6 33. Rf1 (33. Qg5 g6 34. Nb5 g3 35. hxg3 Qg4 36. Qxg4 Nxg4 $11) 33... Ra8 $2 (33... Rc6 $142 $5 {and Black can hope to survive} 34. Nb5 h6 $14) 34. Qg5 $18 h6 (34... g6 $142 $5 $18) 35. Qg6 Rxa3 $4 {terrible, but the game is lost in any case.} (35... Rc7 36. Rfd1 Rd7 $18) 36. Nf5 (36. Nf5 Ra7 37. Rd8+ Qe8 38. Rxe8+ Nxe8 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. Ne7 Rxe7 41. Qxe7 $18) 1-0